MADRID: Spanish league footballers will extend their strike over pay to the second day of the new season next weekend, the players’ professional association said on Monday.
“The strike will continue for the second day of the season,” Luis Gil, spokesman for the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE), said after the latest negotiations at the AFE’s headquarters.
Spain’s top football clubs had been meeting with players to prevent the strike spreading to a second match day in the lucrative Primera Liga. “The two sides remain very far from agreement but we are continuing to work” for a solution, Gil told reporters.
The AFE is demanding a wage guarantee. (Agencies)